Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 12, 1987 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
April 11, 1987
Braves 4, Mets 3 1987 Regular Season Game 5
April 12, 1987
Braves 12, Mets 4 Next Game:
April 14, 1987
Mets 7, Phillies 5

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National League Standings, April 12, 1987

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lenny
Dykstra 2b
Wally
Backman 1b
Keith
Hernandez c
Gary
Carter rf
Darryl
Strawberry lf
Kevin
McReynolds 3b
Howard
Johnson ss
Rafael
Santana p
Bob
Ojeda

April 12, 1987, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Atlanta Braves 12, New York Mets 4

Braves ab r h bi bb so

Dion James cf 3 2 2 0 2 1

Rafael Ramirez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0

- Ken Oberkfell 3b 2 1 1 1 0 0

Gary Roenicke lf 3 0 0 0 0 0

- Ken Griffey ph-lf 2 1 2 2 0 0

Dale Murphy rf 5 3 3 5 0 0

Ted Simmons 1b 4 2 2 0 1 0

Andres Thomas ss 5 1 2 1 0 0

Bruce Benedict c 5 0 1 1 0 0

Glenn Hubbard 2b 5 1 2 1 0 0

Randy O'Neal p 3 1 0 0 1 0

- Charlie Puleo p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ed Olwine p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Dykstra cf 5 1 3 1 0 0 .353

Wally Backman 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .333

Keith Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .200

- Tim Teufel 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333

Gary Carter c 4 1 2 2 0 0 .333

- Barry Lyons c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Darryl Strawberry rf 3 0 1 1 2 0 .333

Kevin McReynolds lf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .267

Howard Johnson 3b 5 0 2 0 0 1 .375

Rafael Santana ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .059

Bob Ojeda p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

- Clint Hurdle ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Terry Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Lee Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Randy Myers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Doug Sisk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Mookie Wilson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286

- Gene Walter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Atlanta Braves 0 2 2 0 0 1 7 0 0 12 15 2

New York Mets 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 14 0

Atlanta Braves ip h r er bb so

Randy O'Neal (W) 6.2 11 3 3 3 3

Charlie Puleo 1.1 1 0 0 0 2

Ed Olwine 1.0 2 1 1 1 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bob Ojeda (L,1-1) 4.0 5 4 3 1 0 3.27

Terry Leach 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 4.50

Randy Myers 0.0 2 4 4 2 0 0.00

Doug Sisk 2.0 6 3 3 1 0 6.75

Gene Walter 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Left on base: Braves 5, Mets 12
Errors: Darryl Strawberry (1), Tim Teufel.
2B: Wally Backman (1), Tim Teufel (1), Ted Simmons 2, Ken Griffey, Dale Murphy, Andres Thomas, Dion James.
HR: Gary Carter (1), Lenny Dykstra (2), Dale Murphy 2.
CS: Lenny Dykstra (1), Dion James, Bruce Benedict.

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